Ag enrollment up 18 percent at University of Arizona

It is a worry for many parents of college students – will there be jobs waiting for their daughter or son after graduation?

With growing demand for jobs in agriculture, degrees are at a premium.

At the University of Arizona’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS), undergraduate enrollment has increased nearly 18 percent since 2008, with students gaining the hands-on, real world skills required to land a job following graduation.